TINGNAN: Bumababa ang trust rating ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. habang tumaas kay Vice President Sara Duterte, batay sa survey ng SWS na isinagawa noong Nobyembre 24 hanggang 30.
PANOORIN: youtube.com/watch?v=DlyW8s…
President Bongbong Marcos' trust ratings fell into negative territory in November 2025 amid the flood control scandal, while Vice President Sara Duterte's score rose by six points from September, a commissioned SWS survey showed.
bib gourmand is so bullshit!!! where are the karinderias? where are the binondo food stalls? nasan yung local restos sa provinces like sisigan sa pampanga or laingan sa bicol???? ilocos empanada???????
talaga ba bib gourmand manam at the triangle????
DINAGSA NA ang carinderia sa Project 4, Quezon City na nakatanggap ng Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition!
According to ABSCBN (October 31, 2025):
"A day after being announced as a recipient of the Michelin Bib Gourmand, the Quezon City carinderia Morning Sun Eatery on Friday (October 31) received its highest number of orders in its 30 years of operating.
"Its owner Lyn Mortera said they have seen a surge in inquiries since the Michelin recognition had already sold out their Ilocano specialties well before lunchtime."
Just to add:
The Michelin Bib Gourmand is a distinction awarded to restaurants that offer high-quality food at a reasonable price.
#Michelin#PinoyFood
IMBESTIGASYON SA DOLOMITE BEACH
Nakatakdang imbestigahan ng Kamara ang kontrobersyal na Dolomite Beach sa Maynila sa pagbabalik ng sesyon ng Kongreso sa Nobyembre.
Ayon kay House Committee on Public Accounts chair Rep. Terry Ridon, kasama sa sisilipin nila ang alegasyong overpriced ang proyekto na nagkakahalaga ng P389 million.
Aalamin din ng Kamara kung talagang kailangan ba ang proyekto at kung nasunod nito ang 2008 mandamus order ng Korte Suprema para sa rehabilitasyon ng Manila Bay. | via Marianne Enriquez
Yesterday we had a fascinating tour of the ICC, in The Hague, with the opportunity to speak with some senior people there.
The main reflection I get from the visit is that this place is a fascinating - yet tragic - illustration of the paradox between our ability to institutionalize idealism and our inability to surrender cynicism.
In many ways this place is a monument to what we could be if we weren't what we are.
First of all, there's no overstating how ambitious - even idealistic - the vision for the ICC is. When you think about it, it's even incredible it ever got created: a court that can prosecute sitting heads of state in order to transform the logic of "might makes right" into something closer to "right constrains might."
Together with the UN, I really can't think of a more ambitious attempt to change the operating system of international relations itself.
But here comes the cynicism and the limitations: the place created to constrain might doesn't have any might itself, it relies on that of those whose might it is tasked to constrain... In some way we created a referee who needs to control a game where the players ultimately decide whether fouls count.
This tension is very palpable when you're on site, and particularly when it comes to the Palestine case which the institution is obviously shaken by.
As a reminder, the U.S. and Israel are pulling all the stops to impede the procedure: the U.S. imposed unprecedented sanctions on ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan in February 2025 (whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…), followed by four judges in June (state.gov/releases/offic…) - including asset freezes, travel bans extending to their families, and threats to any individual or entity that dares to work with them.
The U.S. is, of course, not an ICC member state but what I could measure when visiting is the extent to which member states - EU countries in particular - have been complicit in both the intimidation campaign and the practical neutering of the Prosecution and the court.
It would for instance be enough for the EU to use its Blocking Statute to issue directives to their financial institutions and businesses to not apply the U.S. sanctions relating to the ICC, its Prosecutor and Judges for the sanctions to lose most of their bite. After all, what is the U.S. going to do - sanction the entire European banking system and all EU businesses? They would effectively be sanctioning themselves.
The fact that this hasn't happened, that to my knowledge no EU leader has even suggested it, illustrates not only once more the pathetic weakness of EU leaders but also the tragic truth at the heart of this whole enterprise: we built an institution that in-fine relies on the willingness of politicians to stand for principles when standing costs something. It may work when you have some actual De Gaulle-like statesmen in charge but not with the current crop of unprincipled managers of decline. And in any case, any institution whose survival depends on the courage of politicians is by definition built on sand.
A common criticism of the ICC is that it mostly goes after weaker African states. I believe that it was at some point even nicknamed the "International Caucasian Court" for that reason.
But when you look at the very architecture of it, you understand much better why that might be the case. Not because there's some actual evil intent there - the people we saw are all surely very committed to their principles and to justice - but simply because the court can only function where power permits it to function. It's like asking why a sailboat only sails where there's wind - it's not the captain's preference, it's physics. The ICC doesn't have an Africa bias; it has a weakness bias.
And, as we've seen, the moment it tried to expand beyond those boundaries, suddenly everyone discovers sovereignty and they get sanctions, threats, etc.
Which means that the world as it currently works effectively cannot tolerate international justice but merely a sophisticated form of victor's justice, dressed in the robes of universality, despite the best intentions of those who staff it, who find themselves cast as both the guardians of humanity's conscience and the proof of its absence.
In the end, the ICC is exactly what I said at the beginning: a monument to what we could be if we weren't what we are, maintained by people brave enough to pretend, if only within those walls, that we're already something better.
It's arguably better than nothing: even monuments to our hypocrisy remind us that we know what we should be doing instead, so that we might - might - one day do it.
If Gen Torre still accepts a position in this admin, after his cruel and unceremonious ouster, then it will only validate the perception that he is just a lapdog.
@MacLopez769 Pano ba naman yung mga ininderso nya talo.imagine talo si abalos na pinagkahirapan nyang ininderso. tas si marcoleta panalo..top 6 pa.😂😂🤣 syempre parang dinagukan sila. yung pag turnover kay digong sa ICC yun nagpa panalo sa kandidatong pinagdadasal nilang matalo😂😅🤣😆
@PhilstarNews Lol expected naman nalaging ganyan results pag OCTA ang nag survey..malyo kumpara sa sws, pulse asia at publicus laging pabor kay marcos and allies results jan😛😂
3 IN 5 FILIPINOS TRUST HOUSE, WHILE SENATE FALLS BELOW HALF
Filipinos' trust in the House of Representatives now exceeds that of the Senate, with a new survey showing the lower chamber earning a majority of public trust, while confidence in the Senate lags below 50%.
Read: philstar.com/headlines/2025…
Alam nyo, kahit may renouncement pa yan, hindi na dapat naging Cabinet Secretary yan, especially in a sensitive post like Defense.
It’s not as if it is only our national security which has been severely compromised, it is actually the entire ASEAN community.